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001 2008017209
003 DLC
005 20100310071620.0
008 080417s2008 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2008017209
020 $a9780823421596 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae-fr---
050 00 $aD804.65$b.R84 2008
082 00 $a940.53/18350944361$222
100 1 $aRuelle, Karen Gray.
245 14 $aThe grand mosque of Paris :$ba story of how Muslims saved Jews during the Holocaust /$cby Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHoliday House,$c2008.
300 $a40 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c25 x 29 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and filmography (p. 37-39) and index.
520 $aDuring the Nazi occupation of Paris, no Jew was safe from arrest and deportation to a concentration camp. Few Parisians were willing to risk their own lives to help. Yet many Jews found refuge in an unlikely place, the sprawling complex of the Grand Mosque of Paris. Not just a place of worship but also a community center, this hive of activity was an ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of war and Jews of all ages, including children.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xJews$xRescue$zFrance$zParis.
650 0 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$zFrance$zParis.
650 0 $aRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaust$zFrance$zParis.
650 0 $aJewish-Arab relations.
651 0 $aFrance$xEthnic relations.
700 1 $aDeSaix, Deborah Durland.